Combined shade and curtain bracket.



Z. J. STANDISH.

COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED-FEB. 25, 1908.

902,342. Patented 0011.27, 1908.

ZAOHARY I. STANDISH, OF FORT SCOTT, KANSAS.

COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Application filed February 25, 1908. Serial No. 417,781.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZACHARY J. STANDISH,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Scott, in the county of ,Bourbon and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Shade and Curtain Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined shade and curtain hangers, the object of the invention being to provide a combination set of hangers of this character by which a window shade and curtain pole may be supported in proper relative position upon a window frame, and further to provide brackets which are capable of adjustment outwardly beyond the frame and to be rigidly fastened in position upon the sides of the frame without the necessity of using blocks or other auxiliary supports, thus enabling the shade rollers and p0 es of greater length than those customarily employed upon a window frame of a determined width to be operatively mounted in an effective manner, and obviating the ne cessity of using shades and poles of accurate lengths corresponding with the width of the -frame.

The invention consists of the features of construction, hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is an inner elevational view of the window frame having a set of my improved brackets mounted thereon,a window shade being represented as being mounted in operative position in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the brackets. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a window frame and B and C, respectively, brackets disposed at opposite sides of the frame.

The brackets B and C are identical in con struction except that one is provided with a cylindrical opening to receive the bearing trunnion upon one end of the shade roller shaft, while the other is provided with an angular notch or slot to receive the angular end of the spring rod projecting beyond the opposite end of the shaft, so that a description of one will suffice in the main for both.

As shown, each bracket comprises a body plate 1, in the form of a comparatively long and narrow metallic strip, said strip being formed with two sets of openings, 2 and 3, respectively, arranged on opposite sides of the transverse center thereof, said sets of openings being adapted for the passage of an equivalent number of suitable fastening devices, such as screws 4, for securing the body strip to the side of the frame. openings are so arranged as to provide for the arrangement of the fastening screws or devices at or about the angles of an imaginary triangle, their disposition being such that one lies in the longitudinal center line of the strip and the others, res ectively, above and below said line, one o the latter-named fastenings being disposed on a vertical plane between the others, thus adapting them to reinforce each other to mutually coact in sustaining the weight and strain of the shade roller and curtain ole. When the shade and pole are of or inary length, the outer sets of holes 2 may be employed for the passage of the screws 4, thus bringing the supportin portions proper of the brackets wit in the ine of the frame, but when the roller and pole are of greater length then the width of the frame the brackets are adjusted outward to compensate therefor and the screws are passed through the openings 3, thus arranging the brackets to provide extended supports.

Each bracket strip 1 is provided at its outer end with a shade roller bracket or arm 5 projecting forwardly at right angles therefrom, the arm 5 of one of the brackets being provided with the usual angular slot or recess for the reception of the angular end of the spring rod of the roller, and the arm 5 of the other arm with an opening for the reception of the trunnion at the opposite end of the roller. Each arm 5 is preferably provided with an inwardly projecting boss 6 in which the slot or the hole, as the case may be, is formed.

Rising from the outer end of the strip 1 is a vertical arm 7, which lies on a line inside the line of the arm 5, and has a circular enlargement 8 at its upper end formed with a forwardly extending boss 9, said boss being constructed to provide a screw threaded socket. A rod 10 is threaded, as at 11, at one end for engagement with said socket and extends outwardly and forwardly from the arm and is bent at its outer or forward end to provide a hook 12 to receive and support the adjacent end of the curtain pole, not shown. It will be observed that the curtain pole rod or support 10 lies inside the vertical plane of the arm 5 which supports the adjacent end of the The sets of Y shade roller, and that the hook 12 extends a distance forwardly in advance of the arm 5, thus disposing the pole support so that the curtain hanging from the pole may be properly draped in front of the shade and without liability of interfering therewith or catching in the shade roller supporting arm 5. It will thus be seen from the foregoing description that the invention provides a set of combined shade and pole supporting brackets which may be secured to the window frame for supporting shades and poles of normal length, and may also be secured to the frame for supporting shades and poles which are of greater ength, and that in their outwardly adjusted position the brackets may be firmly secured to the frame, thus obviating the necessity of fastening the same to blocks or other auxiliary supports attached to the frame. If further adjustment of the brackets, however, is required, blocks or auxiliary supports of the character named may be employed, and the same may be fastened to the side ed es of the j-ambs of the frame, thus obviating t e necessity .of mountin such auxiliary supports upon the front of the frame where they are unsightly and pro'ect the brackets unduly beyond the face of the frame. The advantages of the construction described will be appreciated, and it will be observed that such a construction adapts the brackets to be manufactured at a low cost and permits of the detachment of the pole supports 10 when their use is not required.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is A combined shade and curtain bracket comprising an elon ated body strip or plate formed with sets of openings'for passage of securing devices on opposite sides of its transverse center, said strips being provided at its outer end with a forwardly extending shade bracket and having a vertical arm projecting above said bracket and provided at its upper end with a screw-threaded socket, and a pole-supporting rod threaded at one end for engagement with said socket and extending forwardly from the arm and pro vided at its outer end with a hook projecting beyond the plane of the shade bracket.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ZACHARY J. STANDISH.

Witnesses:

WALTER HIGGINS, D. F. GAMPBELL. 

